YOUNG HEALTH AMBASSADORS- FREE COURSE

1. MENTAL HEALTH

2. ALMOST HALF OF THE WORLD POPULATION IS
AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
INFLUENCING THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE.
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS COULD BE MANAGED
BY PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT ( FOR EXAMPLE
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY) OR BY
MEDICATIONS.

3. DEPRESSION IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS.
SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION ARE VERY BROAD SUCH AS
LACKING ENERGY, NOT GETTING PLEASURE FROM
ACTIVITIES, SLEEPLESNESS AND LOSS OF APETITE.
SEVERE DEPRESSION IS ONE OF THE SUICIDE AND SELF
HARM CAUSES, THEREFORE BEING AWARE OF
DEPRESSION AND CONSULTING THE FAMILY DOCTOR IN
SUSPICION OF DEPRESSION IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

4. EATING DISORDERS ARE VERY COMMON AMONGST WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS IS CAUSED BY FEELING OBESE AND NOT BEING HAPPY WITH THE BODY IMAGE.
NOT EATING (ANOREXIA) OR VOMITING/USING LAXATIVES (BULIMIA) AFTER EATING
AFFECTS THE BODY BALANCE IN A NEGATIVE WAY SUCH AS ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE,
ORGAN INJURIES, LACK OF ENERGY, DEHYDRATION OR ORGAN FAILURE. EATING DISORDERS
ARE VERY SERIOUS AND THEY COULD EVEN LEAD TO DEATH
CONSULTING TO A DOCTOR AND GETTING DIETITIAN SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT IN
TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS.

5. GENERALISED ANXIETY IS A VERY COMMON
MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AND COULD LIMIT
PEOPLE’S LIFES BY CAUSING WORRY AND FEAR
FEELINGS. IT CAN ALSO CAUSE CHANGES IN BODY
SUCH AS INCREASE OF HEART BEATS AND
SWEATING.
IT CAN BE TREATED BY PSYCHOLOGICAL OR
MEDICAL THERAPIES.

6. THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS:
PERSONALITY DISORDERS (PROBLEMS IN FEELING MANAGEMENT AND
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION)
SCHIZOPHRENIA (ABNORMAL SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR CHARACTERISED BY
DELUSIONS/HALLUCINATIONS/FALSE PERCEPTIONS)
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (REPETITIVE ACTIONS AND OBSESSIVE
THOUGHTS)

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